The advent of the Internet has resulted in an ever-expanding data ecosystem. Unfortunately, this has also led to an increase in data breaches and identity theft. While attackers are still motivated by crime (to gain money), politics (to gain power and influence), and espionage (to gain market advantage), they also want to steal your information
Akamai’s globally-distributed Intelligent Platform allows us to gather massive amounts of data on many metrics, including connection speeds, attack traffic, network connectivity/ availability issues, and IPv6 adoption progress, as well as traffic patterns across leading Web properties and digital media providers. Each quarter, Akamai publishes the State of the Internet Report.
WHY SHOULD I READ THIS GUIDE? The data center perimeter is dead. But its memory lives on in the way many IT departments continue to secure their infrastructure. The meteoric rise of the Internet brought with it an ever-changing landscape of new attacks and completely disrupted organizations’ old models of guarding their IT infrastructure.
A quick look at why authentication, authorization and accounting – or AAA and RA DIUS – were developed can easily take you back more than a decade. Acronyms and phrases like modems, roaming between ISPs, UNI X, and AOL come to mind. Users had one device and were chained to wired desktops. And IT managed
If you’re like most, sitting at a desk for the entire day and only carrying a laptop is a thing of the past. Life was simple and you could always reach email, apps and the printers needed. The new generation of worker, known as #GenMobile, uses multiple mobile devices for every aspect of work and
IT consolidation is the act of reducing the number of physical IT assets in operation by using more efficient technologies, such as virtualization, to support better capacity utilization, process automation, and reduced operating costs. This paper explores why and how mid-market firms are consolidating their IT infrastructures. It provides results from a recent global study
This white paper explores why and how mid-market organizations are confronting business communications and collaboration challenges. It provides results from a recent study to help companies benchmark their progress as well as offers guidance on choosing the right solutions to address specific communications and collaboration needs. Powered by HP and Intel® Intel, Intel Logo, are
As the economy improves, CIOs must lay the foundation for the next generation of enterprise business growth, and the new battleground is data. Companies focused on transforming themselves into data-driven organizations are seeing increased innovation and improved financial performance. To meet the data challenge, CIOs must create a highly reliable and scalable unified information platform
Enterprise architects today are finding it challenging to ensure the right technology governance, innovate, and support critical business processes. Collecting and storing unprecedented amounts of data threatens to change fundamental business processes and puts key initiatives at risk. Architects must take the lead in advocating for a flexible data platform for the future as digital
The rapid evolution of enterprise storage technologies, combined with external forces like the explosion of big data, can leave Linux® and server administrators feeling like they’re playing catch-up. Plus, running a bunch of monolithic storage devices and proprietary, disconnected technologies forces administrators to spend valuable time creating and managing complex solutions instead of focusing on